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ReviewJournal of personalized medicine2025

Personalizing DNA Cancer Vaccines.

Annie A Wu, Kaiqi Peng, Melanie Vukovich, Michelle Zhu, Yuki Lin, Arindam Bagga, T C Wu, Chien-Fu Hung

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Review in Journal of personalized medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Annie A WuDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0730-298X
Kaiqi PengDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Melanie VukovichDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Michelle ZhuDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-4600-0047
Yuki LinDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Arindam BaggaDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3096-177X
T C WuDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Chien-Fu HungDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.

Funding

Treatment of HIV- and HIV+ Patients with HPV16+ CIN2/3 Using pNGLV4a-hCRTE6E7L2 DNA vaccine administered intramuscularly via electroporationP50CA098252 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WARNER KING HUH, TZYY-CHOOU WU · 2003 to 2026
$53.5M
Strategies to Reduce Global Health Disparities in Cervical CancerR01CA295696 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI TZYY-CHOOU WU · 2025 to 2026
$1.3M
National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Cervical Cancer grant NIH/NCI P50CA098252NCI NIH HHS P50 CA098252NCI NIH HHS R01 CA295696
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent progress in tumor immunotherapy highlights the important role of the immune system in combating various cancers. Traditionally designed to protect against infectious diseases, vaccines are now being adapted to stimulate immune responses against tumor-specific neoantigens. Both preclinical studies and clinical trials have explored innovative approaches for identifying neoantigens and optimizing vaccine design, advancing the field of personalized oncology. Among these, DNA-based vaccines have become a particularly attractive approach for cancer immunotherapy. This evolution has been driven by improvements in molecular biology techniques, including more precise methods for detecting tumor-specific mutations, computational tools for predicting immunogenic antigens, and novel platforms for delivering nucleic acid vaccines. Personalized DNA vaccines are typically developed through a complex, multi-step process that involves sequencing a patient's tumor, computational analysis to identify potential targets, and custom vaccine production. In this review, we examine the use of both shared tumor antigens and individualized neoantigens in cancer vaccine development. We outline strategies for neoantigen identification that provide insights into tumor-specific alterations. Furthermore, we highlight recent advances in DNA vaccine technologies, address the current limitations facing cancer vaccines, propose strategies to overcome these challenges, and consider key clinical and technical factors for successful implementation.

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cancer vaccineclinical trialDNAneoantigenstumor antigens

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PMID41149836
PMCPMC12565251

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